Image display apparatus and control method thereof

• US 9,049,490 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2013
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Choi, Dongwon, Hwang, Sunjung, Park, Junghoon, Lee, Cheonhee, Kim, Namhun
• Primary Examiner(s): MENGESHA, MULUGETA A
• Application Number:
  US14/043,351
• Publication Number:
  US 20140282726A1
• Time in Patent Office: 609 Days
• Field of Search: 725 37- 38, 725/52, 725/62, 725109-110
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44226 on social networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8153 comprising still images, e.g. texture, background image

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an image display apparatus, and more particularly, an image display apparatus capable of displaying screen information. The image display apparatus includes a display configured to display screen information, an interface configured to receive an input signal with respect to the display, and a controller configured to display a menu item for controlling the screen information, wherein the display outputs the screen information on an inner region of rounded corners of the display, and wherein the controller decides a shape of the menu item to be displayed on a point where the input signal has been received, in response to the reception of the input signal.

Claims

1. An image display apparatus comprising:

a display having rounded corners and including a pixel region arranged on an inner region of the rounded corners and a non-pixel region arranged on an external region of the rounded corners, wherein the display is configured to display a portion of a menu item having a first shape adjacent to one of the corners of the display for controlling screen information;

an interface configured to receive an input signal with respect to the display; and

a controller configured to;

determine a second shape for the menu item when the input signal is input to the menu item, wherein the second shape for the menu item enlarges at least a portion of the first shape; and

display the menu item having the second shape on the pixel region.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when the input signal is received, the display is configured to display an object on an input signal-received point of the display, the object indicating the reception of the input signal.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller restores the menu item to the first shape when a preset time lapses.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when the menu item is selected, the controller controls the screen information based on the selected menu item and restores the menu item to the first shape.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when the input signal is received on the region adjacent to one of the corners of the display, the controller changes the menu item to the second shape by enlarging a size of the menu item.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the menu item comprises a plurality of icons, and

wherein the controller displays at least one of the plurality of icons by enlarging a size of the at least one icon.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to select the at least one icon to be displayed by extending the size based on information related to a user'"'"'s use pattern.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when the input signal is received on a region adjacent to the one of the corners of the display, the controller displays a pop-up window including the menu item.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller moves a position of the pop-up window based on an input signal received on the pop-up window.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when the input signal is received on a region adjacent to the one of the corners of the display, the controller displays the menu item on the input signal-received point, and

wherein the controller moves a position of the menu item to another position, adjacent to the input signal-received point, for a preset time, and then restores the position of the menu item after the preset time lapses.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when a preset input signal is received, the controller displays a thumbnail image for the screen information, displayed on the display, on one region of the display.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller controls the screen information displayed on the display based on an input signal received on the thumbnail image.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to change a position of the thumbnail image based on an input signal received on the thumbnail image.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller decides a scaling ratio of the screen information based on at least one of attribute information related to the screen information displayed on the display and information related to a user'"'"'s use pattern.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first shape for the menu item is a sub-portion of the second shape for the menu item.

15. A method for controlling an image display apparatus including a display, the display having rounded corners and including a pixel region arranged on an inner region of the rounded corners and a non-pixel region arranged on an external region of the rounded corners, the method comprising:

displaying screen information on the inner region of the rounded corners of the display;

displaying a menu item having a first shape adjacent to one of the rounded corners of the display, wherein the menu item controls the screen information;

receiving an input signal with respect to the display;

deciding a second shape for the menu item when the input signal is input to the menu item, wherein the second shape for the menu item enlarges at least a portion of the first shape; and

displaying the menu item having the second shape on the pixel region.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising displaying an object on an input signal-received point of the display, the object indicating the reception of the input signal, when the input signal is received.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the first shape for the menu item is a sub-portion of the second shape for the menu item.